Reporting & Dashboards · Manufacturing
Reporting & Dashboards for Manufacturing
Connect Power BI to your existing data sources and get live dashboards and automated reports so you always know where your business stands.
Why manufacturing businesses choose this
Reporting & Dashboards built for manufacturing
Manufacturing floors still run on paper shift reports, verbal maintenance requests, and handwritten NCR forms. Production data arrives late and inconsistent, downtime causes are poorly tracked, and quality trends go unnoticed until a customer complains. Digitising shop-floor reporting, maintenance workflows, and quality tracking on Microsoft 365 gives supervisors and managers real-time visibility without expensive MES systems.
Replace paper shift reports with digital capture in under 2 minutes per shift
Reduce unplanned downtime by 25% with structured maintenance request routing
Track NCR trends in real time instead of discovering patterns months later
How it works
What we actually build and deliver
We connect Power BI to your data sources — accounting software, CRM, spreadsheets, databases, or APIs — and build dashboards that update automatically. Each dashboard is designed around the questions your team actually asks: revenue, margins, pipeline, utilisation, or compliance. We set up scheduled email reports so stakeholders get the numbers without logging in. Your team gets a live, single source of truth instead of manually compiling reports each month.
The problem
What is slowing manufacturing businesses down
Production reporting is a manual, daily task
Shift supervisors fill in paper or spreadsheet reports at end of shift. Data is delayed, inconsistent, and hard to aggregate.
Maintenance requests and downtime are poorly tracked
Machine faults get reported verbally or in paper logbooks. There is no systematic tracking of downtime causes or repair times.
Quality non-conformances handled with paper forms
NCRs are raised on paper, handed to a supervisor, and sometimes lost. Trend analysis is nearly impossible.
What we build
Reporting & Dashboards use cases for manufacturing
OEE and production performance dashboard
Quality trend and NCR rate reporting
Maintenance downtime and MTTR tracker
FAQ
Common questions
What data sources can you connect to?
Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Salesforce, HubSpot, SQL databases, SharePoint, Excel, Google Sheets, and any system with a REST API or data export.
How often does the data refresh?
Dashboards can refresh as frequently as every 15 minutes for Pro licences, or in near real-time with Premium. We configure the right cadence for your needs.
Can different teams see different dashboards?
Yes. We implement row-level security so each user only sees data relevant to their role, team, or region.
Can this connect to our ERP system (SAP, MYOB Acumatica, and others)?
Power Automate connects to most ERPs via API or database connector. SAP has a native connector available.
Can floor workers use apps on shared tablets on the production floor?
Yes. Power Apps works on shared devices and can be locked to a single app for simplicity.
How do we handle OT and network security on the floor?
We scope network requirements during discovery and can work within segregated OT environments.
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Ready to automate your manufacturing business?
We will scope the work, provide a fixed price, and you decide. No obligation.